
Language and Power
Norman Fairclough(Author)
Longman (Publisher)
2nd Edition
Published on 1. August 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
240 pages
978-0-582-41483-9 (ISBN)
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Description
Language and Power is about how language works to maintain and change power relations in contemporary society, and how understanding these processes can enable people to resist and change them. Substantial changes in social life have taken place in the decade since the original publication, which have changed the nature of unequal power relations, and therefore the agenda for the critical study of language. In this second edition, Norman Fairclough brings the discussion completely up-to-date with the inclusion of a new chapter covering the 'globalisation' of power relations and the development of the internet in relation to language and power.
Reviews / Votes
Praise for the first edition of Language and Power"...an excellent introductory manual"
THES
"...thought provoking and suggestive"
SECOL (Southeastern Conference on Linguistics) Review
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Series
Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
366 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-582-41483-9 (9780582414839)
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Content
1. Introduction: critical language study. 2. Discourse as social practice. 3. Discourse and power. 4. Discourse, common sense and ideology. 5. Critical discourse analysis in practice: description. 6. Critical discourse analysis in practice: interpretation, explanation, and the position of the analyst. 7. Creativity and struggle in discourse: the discourse of Thatcherism. 8. Discourse in social change. 9. Critical language study and social emancipation: language education in the schools. 10. Language and power 2000. Bibliography. Index.